CVE-2017-9985

The snd_msndmidi_input_read function in sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-06-28

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e2b791796bd68816fa115f12be5320de2b8021
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99335
• https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196133
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e2b791796bd68816fa115f12be5320de2b8021
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/